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  US microgrid market develops at rapid pace, with capacity reaching 10 GW in 2022

  • 06 2月 2023

  The US microgrid market reached 10 gigawatts (GW) in the third quarter of 2022, with more than 7 GW in operation and the rest in planning or construction stages, according to latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s Grid Edge Service.

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  New global oil and gas discoveries in 2022 drive exploration to highest value creation in over a decade

  • 30 1月 2023

  The global oil and gas exploration sector had its strongest year in 2022 in more than a decade. In its work to improve portfolios by adding lower-carbon, lower-cost advantaged hydrocarbons, the sector created at least $US33 billion of value and achieved full-cycle returns of 22%, at $US60/barrel Brent prices, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.

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  Russian refinery products will continue to flow in 2023 despite European price cap

  • 31 1月 2023

  The European Commission’s announcement that the EU is proposing a US$100 per barrel price cap on Russian oil products such as diesel, jet fuel and gasoline, and a US$45 per barrel cap on discounted products like fuel oil, would not severely impact Russian refiners according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Bolivian gas production to decline faster than expected, exports to Brazil and Argentina to cease by 2030

  • 18 1月 2023

  Bolivian gas production will decline more rapidly than expected, falling from 1,400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) in 2022 to as low as 400 mmcfd by 2030, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business.

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  US could see $100B of new LNG projects in the next five years

  • 22 2月 2023

  High prices and the demand for energy security will drive the US to be the leading exporter of LNG in 2023 and potentially pave the way for $100 billion in new developments to support long-term growth, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie

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  High quality oil and gas supplies are scarce, threatening emissions targets and a healthy energy transition

  • 16 2月 2023

  The energy transition will require oil and gas for decades to come, but the supply of lower-cost, lower-carbon “advantaged” barrels remain scarce, threatening emissions targets and causing upstream providers to pivot to new strategies, according to “Scraping the Barrel” a new Horizons analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

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  Public EV charging market in North America on track for rapid growth

  • 22 3月 2023

  As electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues to rise, the market for public charging networks in North America is forecast to grow rapidly by 2050, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest ‘Commercial landscape of EV charging networks in North America’ report.

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  Willow project in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska economically viable with approval from US Interior Department

  • 13 3月 2023

  The US Interior Department today approved the Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The decision is for a three-pad development instead of the originally sought five drill sites and is coupled with ConocoPhillips relinquishing 68,000 acres of existing leases. The new Record of Decision replaces one received in October 2020, which was later vacated following a court case. The three-pad approval will still render the project economically viable, say analysts at Wood Mackenzie.

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  Policy-driven supply constraints cause steep drop in solar installations in 2022

  • 09 3月 2023

  According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2022 Year in Review released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, utility-scale installations fell by 31% year-over-year to 11.8 GW, the sector’s lowest total since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Wood Mackenzie supports the installation of 252 solar panels in energy impoverished areas of Puerto Rico

  • 11 4月 2023

  A team of six professionals from global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie traveled to energy-impoverished areas of Puerto Rico last month to install solar panels and energy storage systems on homes and a women’s shelter as part of an ongoing charitable project with Let’s Share the Sun Foundation.

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  Emissions crackdown could fast-track Australian CCS projects

  • 06 4月 2023

  A revision to the Safeguard Mechanism, legislation that requires Australia’s largest emitters to cut direct emissions (known as Scope 1 emissions,) could trigger a spike in carbon, capture and storage (CCS) projects in the region, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Tesla Solar Roof deployments miss expectations

  • 30 3月 2023

  Since the launch of the Tesla Solar Roof (“Solar Roof”) in 2016, Wood Mackenzie estimates that approximately 3,000 Solar Roofs have been installed nationwide, with a total capacity of nearly 30 megawatts direct current (MWdc), missing Tesla’s stated goal of 1,000 installations per week.

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  US Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 259 shows optimism for the region

  • 29 3月 2023

  The US Gulf of Mexico region-wide Lease Sale 259 held today attracted 353 bids from 32 companies, with high bids totalling US $264 million. The amount of activity surpassed the previous lease sale spend in 2021, demonstrating optimism for the region, according to Wood Mackenzie analysts.

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  A supercharged China could turn up the heat on global commodities

  • 23 3月 2023

  The Chinese economy is expected to grow by 5.5% but could grow by as much as 7% in 2023 as the country bounces back from three years of lock-down caused by the Covid pandemic according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie.

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  Australian operators need to collaborate to create super basins

  • 16 5月 2023

  Australia’s oil and gas industry needs to urgently fast-track the creation of energy “super basins” to provide a pathway to greater sustainability and cut emissions, according to Anne Forbes, Upstream Research Analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

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  Latin America’s natural gas deficit to grow as new resource production remains a challenge

  • 03 5月 2023

  With several challenges facing new gas developments in Latin America, supply will be unable to keep up with demand, driving the need for expanded imports to the region over the next decade, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

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  With $9B BM-C-33 FID in Brazil, Equinor to increase its deepwater production outside of Norway to 400,000 boe/d by end of the decade

  • 09 5月 2023

  Addressing Equinor’s announced final investment decision (FID) for Brazil’s $9 billion BM-C-33 project, Luiz Hayum, senior research analyst, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa Upstream Oil and Gas, said “The BM-C-33 is Equinor’s second FID in a long list of justified for development deepwater projects outside Norway. Once sanctioned, these projects will increase Equinor’s operated deepwater production outside Norway from near zero to 400,000 boe/d by the end of the decade.”

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  Industry leaders to speak at Wood Mackenzie’s Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2023

  • 09 5月 2023

  The solar and energy storage industries in North America continue to be catapulted forward by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the transition to a clean energy future.

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  U.S. and Japan will struggle to hit ambitious hydrogen targets

  • 27 6月 2023

  U.S. Hydrogen producers will struggle to hit the National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap (the Strategy) that was released by the Department of Energy on June 5 according to according to analysts Wood Mackenzie, the leading provider of decision intelligence for the world’s natural resources sector.

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  Woodside announces Trion field FID, Mexico’s first deepwater oilfield development

  • 22 6月 2023

  Addressing Woodside’s announced final investment decision (FID) of Trion field, Diego Alviso Becerril, Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Research LATAM, said “This will be Woodside’s first incursion into Mexican waters and Mexico’s first deepwater oil field development. With first oil scheduled for 2028, the development concept considers a US$7.2 billion investment to recover 479 million barrels of equivalent (mmboe).”

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  Rosebank and Cambo fields barometer for the future of the North Sea

  • 26 6月 2023

  The development of the Rosebank and Cambo oil fields in the North Sea would save 17 million tonnes of CO2 emissions over their projected lifetimes compared to the equivalent amount of imported oil and gas according to Malcolm Forbes-Cable, Vice President of Energy Consulting (Upstream, EMEA) at Wood Mackenzie.

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  Keir Starmer softens stance on UK oil and gas

  • 20 6月 2023

  The recent announcement by Keir Starmer, the leader of the UK’s Labour Party, that he will ban new oil and gas exploration licences if he gains power at the next election will be viewed as a largely symbolic gesture according to analysts Wood Mackenzie, the leading provider of decision intelligence for the world’s natural resources sector.

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  US Distributed Energy Resource market to almost double by 2027

  • 20 6月 2023

  The US Distributed Energy Resource (DER) market is expected to nearly double in capacity from 2022 to 2027, with capital expenditure reaching US $68 billion per year, according to Wood Mackenzie’s ‘2023 US Distributed Energy Resource Outlook’ report released today.

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  TotalEnergies discovery in shallow water Nigeria largest in a decade

  • 16 6月 2023

  Addressing TotalEnergies discovery at Ntokon in the shallow water Niger Delta, Gail Anderson, director of upstream research at Wood Mackenzie, said “Ntokon is likely to be Nigeria's biggest shallow water discovery in a decade. Despite the lack of exploration in recent times, this discovery shows that there is still plenty of running room in the shallow water Niger Delta.”

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  US solar market registers best first quarter in industry history as supply chains stabilize and Inflation Reduction Act takes hold

  • 08 6月 2023

  The US solar industry installed 6.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity and had its best first quarter in history, according to the US Solar Market Insight Q2 2023 report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

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  Brent-linked long-term LNG contracts are back in vogue

  • 17 5月 2023

  Long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracting activity is off to a strong start in 2023, with around 13 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) of signed in just over four months. Speaking on the sidelines of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) Conference in Adelaide, Daniel Toleman, Principal Analyst for Global LNG at Wood Mackenzie said that the bullish conditions in the market have continued.

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  North American gas market to expand by 25 percent over the next decade, despite headwinds

  • 17 5月 2023

  Near-term gas market expansion continues to be driven by global demand for US LNG exports, which will largely be supplied through continued growth in Permian associated gas and Haynesville production, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

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  Nuclear needs to be cost competitive with alternative power generation to enable net zero

  • 18 5月 2023

  Despite policy support and market growth, the biggest economic hurdle to the uptake of the latest nuclear and small modular reactors (SMRs) is cost, according to Wood Mackenzie report.

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  Australian E&P companies need resilient and sustainable plans to weather future energy shocks

  • 19 5月 2023

  Strong commodity prices have improved short-term resilience for Australia’s largest exploration and production (E&P) companies, but long-term uncertainties remain according to Andrew Harwood, Research Director of Corporate and Upstream Research at Wood Mackenzie. Speaking at the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) Conference in Adelaide, Mr Harwood told delegates that operators must adapt their strategies to be robust enough to handle future bumps on the road to decarbonisation.

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  Global floating solar to top 6GW threshold by 2031

  • 24 5月 2023

  The global floating solar market is expected to pass the six-gigawatt (GW) threshold by 2031, as PV developers struggle to meet growing solar demand and look to alternate development technologies.